West
West v. PBC Management LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES WEST, Case No. 23-cv-03283-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS IN PART
PBC MANAGEMENT LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 30, 31 Defendants.
12 Pro se plaintiff James West filed this lawsuit against defendants PBC Management LLC and Keith Warner (PBC’s Managing Partner). Both PBC and Warner now move to dismiss the complaint. For the following reasons, the Court grants both motions in part. BACKGROUND PBC is a company that provides co-working spaces. West, a black gender non-conforming male with a disabling anxiety disorder, alleges that he was denied the opportunity to purchase a co-working membership at PBC’s San Francisco and San Mateo locations in September 2021 because of his race and gender. West eventually entered into an evening and weekend co-working membership agreement at PBC’s San José location later that month. See Dkt. No. 29-1. The co- working agreement requires a…